US Patent Issued to Oshkosh on Aug. 5 for "Support structure for a ladder assembly of a fire apparatus" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,102, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Oshkosh Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Support structure for a ladder assembly of a fire apparatus" was invented by David W. Archer (Hortonville, Wis.), Don Parshall (Oshkosh, Wis.), Eric D. Betz (Clintonville, Wis.), Jon J. Morrow (Oshkosh, Wis.), Peter K. Kramer (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Troy D. Lind (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support structure for a ladder assembly of a fire apparatus includes a torque box, a pedestal, and a support plate. The torque box includes a top surface defining an aperture. The pedestal has (i) a lower end received by the aperture of the torque box and (ii) an ...